If God Is for Us, Who Can Be Against Us and Prevail
- Jack Selcher
- 7 hours ago
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“And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose” (Romans 8:28 NIV). Even our accidents and injuries are part of God’s reconstruction project.
Sculptor Korczak Ziolkowski began in 1948 to reduce Thunderhead Mountain in South Dakota into an image of Chief Crazy Horse sitting on his horse. God is reducing the mountains of our self-centeredness into the image of His Son.
Be patient with yourself and others. Temporary pain will yield permanent improvement.
Romans 8:28 is not a promise for everyone. It is for us who love God, whom He calls according to His purpose.
We have received Jesus as God’s provision for our sins. Our love for God springs from responding to His call. No merit is involved.
Election is God’s sovereign choosing in Christ those He foreknew would receive Him as their Savior and Lord. Predestination is God’s determination to accomplish that purpose.
Repentance, faith, and good works do not earn God’s salvation. It is all by His undeserved favor.
Predestination’s purpose is to make us like Jesus and exhibit His glory. That includes sharing in His sufferings and progressively thinking and behaving more like Him.
At the resurrection, our bodies will become like His body (Philippians 3:21). God sent Him in our likeness so that we might eventually be like Him.
It will happen. God’s faithfulness guarantees it. God is for us! It does not matter who or what is against us! God did not spare His own Son (Romans 8:32). He sent Him to the cross to take away our sins.
Since that’s true, God certainly will not withhold anything we need for life or godliness (2 Peter 1:3). We will have struggles, but they are not without purpose.
Suffering has always been a way of life for the godly (Psalm 44:22). Our comfort or lack of it is not a good measure of how much God loves us.
Life’s trials are like a dull table knife that cannot cut the suspension bridge cables of God’s love. Through Jesus, we are super conquerors.
Our ultimate victory is not an Olympic medal or earthly fame. We are foreknown, predestinated, called, justified, and glorified children of God. No one can take any of that away from us.
No one can successfully press charges against us. All sin is against God (Psalm 51:4). He alone can bring charges against us.
But He will not because He is for us, not against us. Christ will not deny the effective remedy of His death on our behalf.
Nothing in all creation can drive a wedge between us and God’s love. Because God loves us, He seeks our eternal happiness.
His love for us ignites ours for Him and the service that love motivates. It is a blessed assurance! What is your takeaway? See additional free spiritual growth resources for Christians.
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